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Industrial Metagenomics – Large Scale Analysis for Food Safety Supported by UC Davis, IBM, Mars, Inc. and Bio-Rad 6:45 pm – 10:00 pm Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, Grand Ballroom West MODERATORS: Christopher Elkins PhD; Supervisory Microbiologist, FDA Kristen Beck, … Continue reading →

  Contributed by Narine Arabyan  Viable but nonculturable (VBNC) state was first discovered in 1982 in the lab of Rita Colwell at University of Maryland. VBNC state in bacteria is induced by many different environmental stresses (nutrient starvation, temperature shifts, … Continue reading →

Contributed by Azarene Foutouhi The human gut microbiome is understood to perform useful and necessary functions that help to maintain a healthy body in a multitude of ways such as aiding in the breakdown of otherwise indigestible nutrients and providing … Continue reading →

  Contributed by Alli Weis Firstly, what is the Zika virus and how is it spread? This is part 1 of a 3 part series… The Virus: Zika virus is a member of the virus family Flaviviridae, genus Flavivirus. The … Continue reading →

All of us at The Weimer Micro Lab would like to congratulate Alli Weis for two awards she recently won at the 2016 UC Davis Interdisciplinary Graduate and Professional Student Symposium.  Alli won the Dean’s Prize for Best Oral Presentation in … Continue reading →

        Contributed by Nguyet Kong Recent research has been done to understand why wine can reduce the risk of heart disease and it’s all about the gut microbiome. Red wine has a compound called resveratrol that reduce … Continue reading →

Contributed by Bart Weimer: A fuel that keeps people and science moving is coffee. Humans have had a fascination with coffee for over 9000 years! We have long recognized that coffee flavor is extremely different among regions f the world, … Continue reading →

Contributed by Carol Huang The rarely seen bloodstream infection bacteria, Elizabethkingiam, has sickened 54 in Wisconsin since November, 2015. Seventeen of those patients are dead, although direct causes of their deaths remain unclear. It was recently confirmed to have claimed a … Continue reading →

Contributed by Nguyet Kong I’m a fan of pistachio and I can use them with my baked goods and dinner entrees, but now I have to be careful with the brand and type of pistachio I’ll be purchasing in the … Continue reading →

Contributed by Azarene Foutouhi Very little is known at this time of the mechanisms and interactions between the fetal and maternal systems and their resultant effects on the health a pregnancy. While some research has indicated complex relationships between the … Continue reading →